"What`s truly humorous, and truly touching, is someone who is dead serious about what he`s doing with his life, and you can`t help but laugh at him." - Jeffrey Donovan
"I could never say I`m going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I`ve already accomplished, and I don`t want to do that. I have tried my damnedest to be the best actor I can be." - Jeffrey Donovan
"It is so important to me how different I am in the plays I do,". "I never want people to go, 'Oh, that`s him again.' I want them to go, 'I loved the guy who played Marco in A View From the Bridge,' then come see this and go, 'I loved the guy who played Gene,' and not know it`s the same guy. That`s what I want." - Jeffrey Donovan
"I don`t think an actor`s job is to be recognized. I think an actor`s job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that." - Jeffrey Donovan
"I just love listening to the people and when I hear the rhythms of someone, I usually will follow that. That's all I did: just listen to the rhythms of the street and try to mimic that." - Jeffrey Donovan
"If somebody puts me in something that has exposure where everybody knows my name, so be it. But, to be honest with you, if I could work the rest of my life and nobody stops me on the street for an autograph, I`m happy." - Jeffrey Donovan
"Everyone was completely terrified and I sat there thinking, 'What exactly are you terrified at? There are rocks outside the tent, you're afraid of rocks?!'"